But God was not at all pleased with what David had done, and sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to him, "There were two men in the same city—one rich, the other poor. The rich man had huge flocks of sheep, herds of cattle. The poor man had nothing but one little female lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up with him and his children as a member of the family. It ate off his plate and drank from his cup and slept on his bed. It was like a daughter to him. "One day a traveler dropped in on the rich man. He was too stingy to take an animal from his own herds or flocks to make a meal for his visitor, so he took the poor man's lamb and prepared a meal to set before his guest. David exploded. "That stingy man should give Four Times what he took away from the poor man!!!!!!!!!!!"
"You are that man." Nathan said and explained the bad thing he did. Then he said, "God says:I made you king over Israel. I freed you from the fist of Saul. I gave you your master's daughter and other wives to have and to hold. I gave you both Israel and Judah. And if that hadn't been enough, I'd have gladly thrown in much more. So why have you treated the word of God with brazen contempt, doing this great evil? You murdered Uriah the Hittite, then took his wife as your wife. Worse, you killed him with an Ammonite sword! And now, because you treated God with such contempt and took Uriah the Hittite's wife as your wife, killing and murder will continually plague your family."Then David confessed to Nathan, "I've sinned against God."
Nathan pronounced, "Yes, but that's not the last word. God forgives your sin. You won't die for it. But because of your blasphemous behavior, the son born to you will die." That same day the little boy became sick. David wept and fasted for a week until his son died. When he did,David got up, worshiped and then ate. His servants asked, 'Why didyou weep when the baby was still living?'
' Becuase I thought to myself, waybe God will bring himback to me. But now that he is dead, what use is it to fast and cry? It won't bring him back.' When Nathan saidhe wouldn't die but son would, Does that mean the first punishment was called off?